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     <td><h1 class="pagetitle">Word Break</h1>
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     <td><a href="#what">What is it?</a><br>
         <a href="#attrib">Attributes</a><br>
         <a href="#example">Tag Example</a>
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         <a href="#tips">Tips &amp; Tricks</a><br>
         <a href="#peculiar">Browser Peculiarities</a></td>
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    <td><span class="magicword">Omitted</span></td></tr>
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    <td>NA</td></tr>
<tr><th align=left valign=top><b class="l3heading"><a href="../stats.htm#disp">CSS 'display' Type:</a></b><br></th>
    <td>Replaced element</td></tr>
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    <td>NA</td></tr>
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    <td>Carriage return if necessary</td></tr>
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    <td><a href="http://wp.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/html_extensions.html">Netscape</a>, 
        <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/wbr.asp">Microsoft</a></td></tr>
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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">What is it?</b></big>
    <dd>The WBR element is a stand-alone element which indicates to the browser
        where a particular word is <em>ALLOWED</em> to be broken. This does not
        necessarily mean that the word WILL be broken at this point - it is just a 
        guide for the browser. Within the context of the NOBR element, the WBR element 
        <em>EXPLICITLY</em> tells the browser where to put the word/line break.
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<dt><br><big><b class="mainheading">Attributes</b></big>
    <dd><b class="alert">This element does not accept any attributes</b>
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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">Example</b></big>
    <dd><div class="example">&lt;<b class="tagname">nobr</b>&gt;This is a really
        super-duper, extremely long run of no&lt;<b class="tagname">wbr</b> /&gt;break<br> text
        which should be broken only where we tell it to&lt;/<b class="tagname">nobr</b>&gt;</div>
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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">Parent Model</b></big>
    <dd><b class="alert">%<a href="../shorthands.htm#inlineparent">In-line Parent</a>%</b> |
        <b class="alert">%<a href="../shorthands.htm#blockparent">Block Parent</a>%</b>
<dt><big><b class="mainheading">Content Model</b></big>
    <dd><b class="alert">This element does not accept any content</b>
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<big><b class="mainheading">Tips &amp; Tricks</b></big>
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    <li><b class="alert">Note:</b> Style Sheet attributes are not listed for 
        the WBR element because of a caveat listed in the Cascading Style Sheets 
        specification for the BR element - It states that the break element is a 
        'Replaced Element' that is replaced in the document with a line break and 
        thus has no properties. Although WBR is not in any standards yet that the
        CSS1 authors would consider, WBR offers a similar effect to BR so it is 
        placed in the same class with respect to style sheet treatment.
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<big><b class="mainheading">Browser Peculiarities</b></big>
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    <li>Beginning with Netscape 6.x, the use of WBR as a line-breaking mechanism inside 
        the NOBR element is no longer supported. To read more about this decision see 
        Mozilla's <a href="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6347">Bugzilla 6347</a>.
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